Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aneka Talent Solutions is seeking an experienced GDPS Consultant to lead client engagements involving GDPS implementation and customization. The consultant will guide and educate clients, configure IBM storage and z/OS environments, manage NetView and System Automation, and provide extensive GDPS training.
Responsibilities
- Guide, instruct, train, and educate clients and actually Lead a GDPS engagement
- Implement and customize the GDPS product, including its features and functionalities
- Carve a DS8K with pools, LSS's and Volumes
- Start replication between sites- spreading across the IBM power devices within the DS8K
- Ensure resiliency on the DS8K - spreading connections so that all replication is not on one set of ports or cards within one I/O compartment for redundancy
- Make PARMLIB changes
- Make PROCLIB changes
- Make CLIST and RACF updates and changes per customer requirements - DORA, FFIEC and NIST compliance is required with our product put into net-new LPARs
- Make minor updates throughout the sysplex
- Implement sysplexing as required for Metro Mirror and hyperswap capabilities
- Stand up netviews from a blank slate
- Edit each netview environment for either Metro Mirror or Global mirror within the DSIPARM and STGEN members
- Perform REXX coding specifics for customer requirements
- Create and manage the Policy Data Base (PDB)
- Create a PDB that GDPS requires to function properly, with the required automation operators that are needed
- Implement dual control and required security parameters - including focusing on the initial commands each has to avoid outages like a major client incurred last fall
- Provide extensive training to various client teams, management, operations, etc
- Train extensively on the GDPS product, the functionality, and the customization in the client’s unique environment
Skills
- Who has implemented a GDPS solution and is skilled and experienced to guide, instruct, train, and educate clients and actually Lead a GDPS engagement
- DASD
- DSCLI understanding
- DSCLI Scripting
- Carving a DS8K with pools, LSS's and Volumes
- Starting replication between sites- spreading across the IBM power devices within the DS8K
- Resiliency on the DS8K - spreading connections so that all replication is not on one set of ports or cards within one I/O compartment for redundancy
- Z/OS
- PARMLIB changes
- PROCLIB changes
- CLIST and RACF updates and changes per customer requirements - DORA, FFIEC and NIST compliance is required with our product put into net-new LPARs
- Minor updates throughout the sysplex
- Sysplexing and how it is required for Metro Mirror and hyperswap capabilities
- NetView and System Automation (zSA)
- Standing up netviews from a blank slate
- Editing each netview environment for either Metro Mirror or Global mirror within the DSIPARM and STGEN members
- REXX coding specifics for customer requirements
- Policy Data Base (PDB) creation and management. Creating a PDB that GDPS requires to function properly, with the required automation operators that are needed
- Dual control and required security parameters - including focusing on the initial commands each has to avoid outages like a major client incurred last fall
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